CAMPAIGN BRIEFING: ENDORSEMENTS; VERY DISTANT RELATIONS

By Steven A. Holmes (NYT)

Published: October 26, 2004

Some relatives of President Bush are backing Senator John Kerry. A group, Bush Relatives for Kerry, has a Web site and is the brainchild of Jeanny House and her sister Hilary, second cousins to the president. Other relatives joined. Ms. House says that although they are grandchildren of Mary Bush, Mr. Bush's great aunt, ''There's no Thanksgiving, Christmas or summer vacation-type of relationship.'' Steven A. Holmes (NYT)